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Drinking bowl

This very thin-walled coconut shell served as a drinking vessel and was most likely used in kava ceremonies. Text: Ulrich Menter

Data Provider
Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Drinking bowl
Dimensions
Height: 6.3 cm
Diameter: 15 cm
Material/Technique
Coconut stone shell, Thread carved, Polished
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
023187

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Linden; 0503b
  • Production
    when
    before 1880
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Samoa
Provenance
According to the inventory book, the object is part of the Digel Collection, which was acquired in 1880 in Sāmoa. Graf von Linden donated this collection to the museum in 1902. Text: Ulrich Menter

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